Crime

The charge against the 74-year-old Briton that admitted to killing his wife in their home in Tremithousa, near Paphos, in December 2021 will change from pre-meditated murder to manslaughter. David Hunter ...

The injury of a six-year-old during an attempted murder in Oroklini over the weekend has ignited fears there may be heavy payback. “It is still not clear to what extent ...

Authorities arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of aiding third country nationals enter Cyprus illegally. Police on Sunday morning spotted a boat carrying 17 migrants, including four children, off the coast ...

Paphos criminal court sentenced a 31-year-old man to three and a half years in jail on Monday, for illegal possession of drugs with the intent to sell. Police said he ...

Police in Paphos intercepted a twenty-seven-year-old driving intoxicated and at excessive speed on Sunday. According to the police spokesperson around 7 pm a 27-year-old man was caught driving without a license, ...

Police in Nicosia are investigating a new case of fraud and embezzlement of a sum of over €80,000. According to a police statement a 73-year-old man filed a complaint on Sunday, ...

Larnaca police are investigating an attempted murder after gunshots were fired at a moving vehicle on Sunday. Two men aged 39 and 42 were in the car, as well as a six-year-old ...

Two men in Paphos were caught driving under the influence of drugs after they tested positive for a narcotest, police said on Saturday. The first, aged 21, was pulled over on ...

A 36-year-old man in Limassol was arrested after he was caught trying to steal a car, police said on Saturday. The man was trying to steal a car parked outside ...

Larnaca district court fined two football fans on Friday and banned them from stadium participation, after they were found guilty of violence at a football event which took place on ...

One of the suspects in the murder of Turkish Cypriot inmate, Tansu Cidan, has entered the witness protection programme in order to testify against the main suspect, reports said on ...

The supreme court unanimously approved the attorney-general’s appeal over the 12-month sentence imposed on the hit-and-run driver who killed a Swedish mother in a fatal Ayia Napa crash earlier ...

Two students at a high school in Larnaca were expelled after a fight that saw one of them threaten the other with a knife. The incident occurred on Friday morning. ...

A 24-year-old man was injured on Thursday night after being attacked by five people near Mackenzie, requiring brief hospital treatment. The incident was reported by the victim’s 48-year-old mother ...

A 17-year-old Limassol resident was arrested on Thursday morning for possession of cannabis after Ykan (drug squad) members searched his house. The Ykan officers searched the residence after securing a ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, under suspicion of aiding in human trafficking in Cyprus, police said. After receiving an anonymous tip, the police raided the suspect’s apartment ...

A 22-year-old was arrested in Limassol under suspicion of stealing construction materials from a building site, police said on Thursday. According to authorities, the 22-year-old was discovered by the owner ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of raping his underage daughter in Paphos, police said on Thursday. The case, which is being investigated by the domestic violence unit of ...

Italian authorities handed over a 50-year-old man wanted in Cyprus for several robberies from 2017 to 2018, police said on Thursday. Authorities said that the man was handed over on Wednesday night. ...

A man was arrested in the early morning hours on Wednesday on suspicion of raping a woman in Nicosia. Investigations started on Tuesday when a woman visited a specific police ...

A 26-year-old woman in Limassol was arrested for possession of drugs after members of the Ykan drug squad found methamphetamine in her apartment. According to a police statement released on ...

A 35-year-old man was arrest on Tuesday on suspicion of in theft from a hotel under construction near Latsi in Paphos. He allegedly had an accomplice who, however, managed to ...

A 27-year-old man who was caught with over 900g of cannabis was jailed for three years on Tuesday. According to a police announcement, the man was arrested on October 8 in ...

The Cyprus Post office issued an announcement on Tuesday, warning the public of scam via SMS. The particular scam concerns fake SMS messages requesting payment of customs duties ostensibly sent ...